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  Hopefully, convicts will be hanged this month: Nirbhaya's father

  India | March 04, 2020 17:42 IST

  The father of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim on Wednesday expressed hope that the convicts will be hanged this month, after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the case.

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  Nirbhaya: SC defers hearing on Centre's plea for separate execution, asks convicts to file replies

  India | February 13, 2020 13:15 IST

  The Supreme Court deferred the hearing on Centre's plea seeking separate execution of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case to Friday and asked the convicts to file their counter replies by then.

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  Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case: Debate on death penalty continues

  India | January 08, 2020 7:12 IST

  A Delhi court Tuesday ordered hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case triggering debate whether death sentence deters heinous crimes. While a section of experts hold a contrary view, there are those who favour the retention of capital punishment in the statute book.

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  Nirbhaya case: One of 4 convicts exploring option of filing curative plea in SC

  India | December 18, 2019 16:37 IST

  A lawyer for one of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case said on Wednesday that there is still a legal remedy of a curative petition in the Supreme Court before filing mercy petition to the President.

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  Nirbhaya’s father happy as case picks up pace

  India | December 13, 2019 13:39 IST

  Expressing satisfaction over the fast-tracking of the process, Nirbhaya’s father said that the four convicts were just steps away from their deaths

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  After Delhi govt, Home Ministry rejects Nirbhaya gang-rape convict's mercy plea

  India | December 06, 2019 14:57 IST

  The Union Home Ministry on Friday rejected the mercy plea of horrific 2012 Delhi gangrape convict. The Union Home Ministry sent to President Ram Nath Kovind the recommendation of the Delhi government rejecting the mercy plea of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case.

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  Nirbhaya case: DCW chief urges President to reject mercy plea of one of convicts

  India | December 05, 2019 19:31 IST

  DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy petition filed by one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case and ensure that the accused are hanged before December 16, the day the brutal crime was committed seven years ago.

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  BBC documentary fake says the sole witness of Nirbhaya gangrape

  India | March 10, 2015 19:59 IST

  New Delhi: Avanindra Pandey, the sole witness to the horrific gang rape of the 23 year old girl referred Nirbhaya by Indian media , termed the BBC documentary 'India's Daughter' as fake and missing on